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N.PETERS. PHOTO-LWHUGRAPMER. WASHINGTON. D C4 ToaZZ whomt'tmay concern.'

`Be it 'knownthatwqozno A. CRANE and ."HENRYj J LEwis, both of Green Point, in l,ythefcounty of Kingsland ,Stateuof New York, havenvented,l"1nade,*and applied to use Ncertainj new ,and useful Improvements `in y `Scrapers v "fort Removing Dirt from' Boots,

the following is afull,"clear`, and exact de- *the annexed drwhsailakne Part `@t this ,i specification, wherein-- H Figure l, isa 'plfanfof Vthe scraper com- Same.

same parts.` ,y i i Thenature oto-ursaidimprovement con- "sistsliny attaching spring brushes in` such a "manner that while ;the"bottom of the `boot or *A `shoe issciaped O fpiifa metal scraper the fsidesf and aroundsthefheel are cleaned ott" "thesidey of the "booter: shoe, by means ofthe fsprings.` i i `The metlTSCrape/rha, is secured to the the1 bottom flange off the scraper, `and b, b, are metal sidesgformed with the scraper and w theinner `faces ofthese sides, lugs 2, `2,

Y ,are formechnearly o n the level of the top "f1 `with stud` or pimienterng theorwa'rd end-.of the block d, whichis provided with bristles c, 0.

` `j pin entering `aholein` the brush block ona line opposite the] stndQ, fand this bracket e, `is securedbylmeans of a screw 3, passing through the bracket` intothesides b, (see ffFig'. Bythis method of mounting, each brush 0,1 can beturned horizontally on the :l `:`1 ablesprings (yt) actingbetween the sides b,

andblocks d. 1.1 1

` Itfwill nowpbe evidentthat thebrushes being retained at theirfforward end, as the i oifsin the ac t ofxseparating thebrushes by passingibetween them;` and, as t-heffoot.` is

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" 1" 10j scription of the same, reference' being had` to plete: FigQfQ, 'isja *verticalsection of the The like i of:` reference denote thel f `bytlne brushes conforming to.` the curve of i desired place screwsfl, l, passing through runningat right *angles or nearly so thereto.

i, ofthe scraperfa, and each lug is provided' e, `1s af smallvbracket to each brushwith a p jointat thefend, andfthe brushes are to beV forced toward eachother by means of suit' i ary 1855;

` boot or shoes drawnfthrough, andthe sole y scraped on the scraper a, the heel is brushed ENT OFFICE'. i

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boot or shoe are brushed'out, and the entire sides of the boot brushed oit' clean. And it will `be i evident that a horizontal brush might be used behind the scraper to brush :off the bottom of the sole.

We are well aware that stationary brushes and `Scrapers have been used to brush olf boots and shoes, `but in order that the footmay have room to pass through, the brushes have to be so `far apart that Vboth sides cannot be brushed at the same time, neither can the straight v brushes `ordinarily used bemade to brush out clean, the hollows in the sides of the boot; hence we have attached the brushes in such a manner that they are kept against the sides of the foot, whatever size or shape it may be; and although we believe thatattaching each brush at or near one end is ar the best for conforming to the shape of the foot, still the brushes might be attached at any other point so long as the springs could force them togetherto act in the same manner.

In cases where this scraper is attached to an iron railing the side pieces Z2, may be made separately, and attached by clamps at the sides of the fixed scraper in the railing.

`The brushes c, being exposed to mud and dirtmay become clogged; `hence we have `adopted the method herein shown of atcommodate themselves to any size or shape of boot or shoe, and brush 01T bothsides at once, by so attaching said brushes that they shall` beforced together by springs, substantially as specified.`

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our signatures this thirteenth day of J anuoZRo A. CRANE. l

y HENRY .L LEWIS.`

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` LEMUEL W. SEREELL,

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